By John Toth The Bulletin Cruising during close-to-peak hurricane season does have its disadvantages - like hurricanes. But it also has a...

By John Toth The Bulletin I’m not much of a dancer, nor a willing participant when it comes to going on stage or performing some skill...

By John Toth The Bulletin Departing from the Port of Galveston terminal on Carnival Cruise lines vs. the terminal Royal Caribbean built a...

By John Toth The Bulletin We were ready to take the big plunge - two and a half days of driving each way. We were going to do it last...

By John Toth The Bulletin Happy National Senior Citizens Day to me. What? Yes, I’m still in denial and try to shove this title aside...

They forgot to put an AM bandwidth in my new clock radio By John Toth The Bulletin I excitedly opened the parcel. Inside was a new alarm...

By John Toth The Bulletin “I’m not here to sell you anything,” said the man at my front door. “I have a home office, and I am really...

By John Toth The Bulletin I drove to my informal hearing appointment and got to the Snow Building in Angleton, where the Appraisal...

By John Toth The Bulletin The time had come to go to battle again. I prepared to head down to the Brazoria County Appraisal District to...

How hot is it? It’s so hot, I saw a squirrel picking up nuts with pot holders. That’s hot, but rather than joining the complaining...

By John Toth The Bulletin I have to tell you about our “new” work van. I have never given it enough credit, and I have always favored our...

By John Toth The Bulletin Happy New Bulletin Year. This is the first edition of another year for us. The paper was first published on...

By John Toth The Bulletin It was way overdue. The house needed a new mailbox, but I was hesitant. The old mailbox has been there for...

By John Toth The Bulletin There was a storm about to enter the Gulf of Mexico in August 1983, almost 40 years ago. I was thinking that it...

By John Toth The Bulletin When I worked for the Houston Chronicle, I always envied the travel writer who went on vacations and wrote...

By John Toth The Bulletin How to country hop as a 10-year-old in search of a new home and graduate without losing a single year? This is...

By John Toth The Bulletin There was a time when we didn’t carry little pocket cellphone computers around with us. You old-timers remember...

By John Toth The Bulletin I recently went to eat out at lunchtime at a very crowded restaurant. When we were seated, it became obvious...

By John Toth The Bulletin There are a few weeks in the spring and fall when we can open our windows along the Texas Gulf Coast and enjoy...

By John Toth The Bulletin When I spent my summers working in a live-away camp in New Hampshire, I had a lot of time on my hands after my...